Adorama has
Fender Limited Edition Player Stratocaster or Telecaster Electric Guitars (Lake Placid Blue) on sale for
$529.
Shipping is free.
Thanks to Deal Editor
iconian for finding this deal.
Available Options:Key Features:- Stratocaster
- Alder body with gloss finish
- Three Player Series single-coil Stratocaster pickups
- 9.5" radius fingerboard
- 2-point tremolo bridge with bent-steel saddles
- Handedness: Right-Handed
- Body Type: Solidbody
- Neck Construction: Bolt-On
- Strings: 6 String
- Telecaster
- Alder body with gloss finish
- Two Player Series single-coil Telecaster pickups
- "Modern C"-shaped neck profile
- 9.5"-radius fingerboard
- String-through-body bridge with block steel saddles
- Handedness: Right-Handed
- Body Type: Solidbody
- Neck Construction: Bolt-On
- Strings: 6 String
Top Comments
These are great guitars!
What you linked is a "Limited Edition Player Stratocaster" that lists for $1050 and has a roasted maple neck and the "Fat '50s" pickups. They were apparently made for guitarguitar in the UK (https://www.guitarguita
You're not going to find that model for anywhere close to $530.
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These are great guitars!
This is the Fender.com link https://www.fender.com/en/electri...70502
Goes - Nowhere in particular
The listed Limited Edition that I own is on the Fender site with the Fatties.
https://www.fender.com/en-US/elec...02505.ht
In my humble opinion go for the fatties they are just a world apart and a deal does come by every so often.
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In my humble opinion go for the fatties they are just a world apart and a deal does come by every so often.
What you linked is a "Limited Edition Player Stratocaster" that lists for $1050 and has a roasted maple neck and the "Fat '50s" pickups. They were apparently made for guitarguitar in the UK (https://www.guitarguita
You're not going to find that model for anywhere close to $530.
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The Strat is somewhat more "complex" (tremolo, more pickup positions, etc.) compared to the Tele with its 2 pickups and fixed bridge. So technically you get "more" with the Strat, but sometimes "less is more".
The Tele's simplicity is what is so great about it.
Many people think they don't like the Tele because of the unfair association with godawful trash country music but it grows on you and eventually they come to love it (the Tele, NOT country music).
In the end though, if you stick with the hobby, chances are you'll end up with at least one of each anyway!
The Strat is somewhat more "complex" (tremolo, more pickup positions, etc.) compared to the Tele with its 2 pickups and fixed bridge. So technically you get "more" with the Strat, but sometimes "less is more".
The Tele's simplicity is what is so great about it.
Many people think they don't like the Tele because of the unfair association with godawful trash country music but it grows on you and eventually they come to love it (the Tele, NOT country music).
In the end though, if you stick with the hobby, chances are you'll end up with at least one of each anyway!
But the Tele is simpler and more "sturdy" and practically bulletproof. More likely to survive an accidental drop (get some strap locks $4).
And the Tele bridge pickup sounds is superior to the Strat bridge pickup sound. There's a reason people like Esquires that are Teles with only the bridge pickup. But the strat has 3 pickups so it has two different combination sounds bridge+middle pickup and middle+neck sounds that you can only get with a strat.
They're usually priced the same so both are the same deal.
Also both are great modding platforms. Plenty of after market upgrades that you can add overtime to really customize these.
Personally, I think even a cheaper Tele with decent pickups will sound good but I'd pay more for a quality strat upfront.
But if you really like Teles already, then this is a great deal for Fender MIM. I might bite.
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